ASRock X670E Motherboards Listed With Sub-$300 Price Tags

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Two European retailers on Wednesday listed ASRock's family of motherboards based on AMD's X670E chipset and designed for the upcoming Ryzen 7000-series processors (opens in new tab). However, unlike all AMD X670E-powered mainboards we have encountered, some of ASRock's X670E platforms are not prohibitively expensive, according to two retailers.

For AMD's upcoming Ryzen 7000 processors in AM5 (opens in new tab) packaging, ASRock will offer five motherboards based on AMD's X670 Extreme chipset and, for now, will not offer any vanilla X670 platforms, as the company revealed in early August (opens in new tab). Instead, the family includes two dreadnoughts, X670E Taichi Carrara and X670E Taichi mainboards aimed at devoted enthusiasts and overclockers without budget limitations, and X670E Steel Legend, X670E Pro RS, and X670E PG Lightning for everyone else.

Indeed, ASRock's flagship X670E Taichi Carrara and X670E Taichi mainboards are the most expensive in the company's family as they cost €693 ($578 without VAT) and €661 ($550 without VAT) in France, according to a screenshot published by @momomo_us (opens in new tab), a hardware leaker with an excellent track record. Admittedly, over half a thousand dollars is still quite a lot for a motherboard, but it is considerably cheaper than the $1300 ~ $1500 range we have seen with X670E mainboards from Asus (opens in new tab) and MSI (opens in new tab).

Perhaps more important is that ASRock's cheapest X670E PG Lightning will cost €334 ($278 without VAT) in France and £311.62 ($298 without VAT) in the U.K., which is a range for AMD X670-based platforms from Asus and MSI. Other family members will also not be too expensive by today's standards: the X670E Pro RS will cost approximately €373 ($311 without VAT), and the X670E Steel Legend will retail for about €412 ($343 without VAT).

We summarized the data in the following table:

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Header Cell - Column 0 French PriceFrench Price without VATU.K. PriceU.K. Price without VAT
X670E Taichi Carrara€693$578£647$618
X670E Taichi€661 $550£617$589
X670E Steel Legend€373 $343£385$368
X670E Pro RS€412 $311£290$331
X670E PG Lightning€334 $278£312 $298

It is hard to say why ASRock's X670E motherboards are considerably cheaper than mainboards based on the same chipset from other vendors. Some 20 years ago — ASRock was a maker of budget motherboards. Still, in recent years the company has become a supplier of relatively high-end products aiming demanding gamers and overclockers.

Formally, ASRock's flagship X670E platform will be its Aqua-badged product designed for enthusiasts with custom liquid cooling systems, and this one could approach the $1000 range. Meanwhile, ASRock's X670E PG Lightning is entering vanilla X670 territory with its sub-$300 price. Assuming that prices are correct, it looks like not all premium AM5 motherboards will carry a ridiculously high price tag.

With the availability date of AMD's new platforms coming closer, more retailers will begin to list motherboards based on AMD's X670 and X670 Extreme chipsets. However, we yet have to see the prices of AM5 motherboards from Biostar and Gigabyte.

Anton Shilov
Freelance News Writer

Anton Shilov is a Freelance News Writer at Tom’s Hardware US. Over the past couple of decades, he has covered everything from CPUs and GPUs to supercomputers and from modern process technologies and latest fab tools to high-tech industry trends.

  • Tom Sunday
    ASRock historically has always been on the ‘last rung’ or perceived to be, compared to the other mainstream MB OEM’s. For that matter I always questioned why ASRock motherboards have usually been considerably cheaper? Are they of a lesser quality comes immediately to mind for the many and especially for the more novice buyer! But the introduction and pricing of the new X670E Taichi Carrara and X670E Taichi MB’s is now playing a much different song! I think that many enthusiasts these days will however think twice to shell-out a cool $560 for any type of ASRock MB marketed specifically at enthusiasts without budget limitations.

    Given our ongoing economic and inflationary conditions, the super high prices alone for just a Ryzen 7950X at $700 and a complimentary (mandatory MB) ASRock dreadnought in excess of $550 will be a hard nut to swallow! As for myself I will be refraining in building a new system any time soon, and waiting-out for the next generation and hopefully better times ahead. Actually like the masses out there I will have no choice as my paycheck in 2022 is now worth almost 10% less than last year. As to ASUS and MSI halo MB’s touted to ranging between the $1300 & $1500, one thing becomes very clear to me: “Hey Toto we’re not in Kansas anymore!”
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  • -Fran-
    AsRock is cheaper, because their non-premium products are close to garbage. And even the higher end doesn't strike me as reliable.

    I'll keep taking my chances with Asus and their incorrectly placed/swapped capacitors, LOL.

    Regards.
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  • Tom Sunday
    -Fran- said:
    AsRock is cheaper, because their non-premium products are close to garbage. And even the higher end doesn't strike me as reliable. I'll keep taking my chances with Asus and their incorrectly placed/swapped capacitors, LOL

    Yes Fran...as always you hit the nail right on the head! I still have learn how to do this and saving myself some time in getting to the point! Best...regards!
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  • drinkingcola86
    Tom Sunday said:
    Yes Fran...as always you hit the nail right on the head! I still have learn how to do this and saving myself some time in getting to the point! Best...regards!

    This was my issue for the 300 series. I got 3 ASRock boards for my classroom to do pc building and testing with my Computer Science students. Have some 1300x and 2400G. To this day, I can't get the boards to boot with the 2400G. I've tried just about every bios for it and still no post.
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  • hannibal
    Better wait B650 boards from respected manufacturer!
    Most likely better value in there.
    https://explore.amd.com/mte/oct-2022-component/register
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  • ocer9999
    -Fran- said:
    AsRock is cheaper, because their non-premium products are close to garbage. And even the higher end doesn't strike me as reliable.

    I'll keep taking my chances with Asus and their incorrectly placed/swapped capacitors, LOL.

    Regards.

    I never had issues with my Asrock boards, for instances my B550 M Steel Legend (mid tier) is running solid 24/7 with a 16 Core for about a year, no issues at all.
    Other builds range from overclocking and just basic PC and I always found asrock to be one of the best bang for your buck.
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